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Smooth rocksnail

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Smooth rocksnail
Imperiled
Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. virgata
Binomial name
Leptoxis virgata
(Lea, 1841)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania virgata Lea, 1841

The smooth rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis virgata, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis virgata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T11787A3305908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11787A3305908.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. NatureServe. "Leptoxis virgata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Leptoxis virgata (I. Lea, 1841)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2026.